Phineas?

[meadowlarks]

Again, for a friend. She likes boy's names with "ph" sounds, but doesn't know whether it's too much. Also, she hates "finn", which he'd inevitably get called for short. Opinions?

[scurryfunge]

Phucking ridiculous

[Tortoise]

Makes me think of the cartoon Phineas and Ferb!

[LetThereBeRock]

It's horrid.

[CapitalText]

I don't like it I'm afraid, but then I don't like names starting with Finn either.

Not sure what you mean by ph sound? Is f sound OK too, as it is the same?

[meadowlarks]

Yes, the f sound is what I meant, sorry.

[lowrib]

Love it. I know an adult Phineas, it's a great name. It was on my list, but we decided against it as Finn is a really popular name right now.

[lowrib]

Oh I read this too quickly. If she hate Finn, she shouldn't call her boy Phinneas! he'll get called Finn for sure.

Good advice re middle name from MrsvWoolf

[meadowlarks]

Hmm yes, I'll tell her.

[bronze]

and Ferb sprang to mind

[jellybeans]

and Ferb

[ShadeofViolet]

Fogg and his crisps.

[ShadeofViolet]

Ignore me - im not awake yet

[5DollarShake]

Not to my taste.

Makes me think of the mustachiod dude from Around the World in 80 Days, even though he's Phileas

[sayanything]

I love it and want it for DS, it would be a great compromise for our Anglo-Greco family, but DH doesn't like it.

I really don't mind the cartoon thing, to me it's actually a plus - Phineas is an unusual name but due to the cartoon people will be familiar with it.

[Tillyscoutsmum]

I quite like it, but if your friend doesn't like Finn, then it would seem to be a bit of an odd choice.

[othersideofchannel]

Phineas WILL be Finn, together with the thousand other Finnians/Finlays/Finton/Finleys.

So if she doesn't like Finn, don't use Phineas as a first name.

[NormanNorris]

I like Phineas a lot and I love the name Finn. Perfect name for a boy and man.

I read a thread on another names board a while back (I think it was behind the name.com) which was asking men what they would like to be called. A very large percentage of them said Finn. Says it all really!

[Pasiphae]

Love it. I do think of Phineas and Ferb, but I love that cartoon!
However if she does not like Finn, she should avoid it or stamp firmly on any attempts to use it...

[ZZZenAgain]

she likes boys names with ph? What other ones does she like? Can't think of any.

Phineas - not good I'm afraid IMO

[ZZZenAgain]

oh I suppose there is Philip

[CapitalText]

Francis
Fabian
Felix
Frederick
Fergus
Fraser
Ferdinand
Figaro
Fidel
Flynn
Fariel
Fyodor

[ZZZenAgain]

oh F
I thought it had to be Ph